Shirt-front.



R. W. SPRINGER.

SHIRT FRONT APPLICATION FILED A'UG. 13, 1909.

Patented Deo. 28, 1909.

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l RITTER W. SPRINGER, OF THE UNITED. STATES ARMY.

SHIRT-FRONT.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

vllatentetl Dec. 2S, 1909.

, Application filed August 13, 1909. Serial No. 512,645.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, RUTER W. SPRINGER, of the United States Army, citizen of the United States of America, now residing at Fort'Schuyler, .in the Stateof New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shirt-Fronts, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

rlhis invention relates to plaited shirt' fronts and shirt-waists, my object being to provide a superior construction whereby the goods will hold their shape and appearance much better; and to`this end my invention consists in the peculiar features andcombinations of parts to be more fully described hereinafter and pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the -accompanying drawings-Figure l represents a front view of my improvement as applied to an ordinary shirt-front, and Fig. 2, a transverse'section through the line m, ac, of the preceding view, and l? ig. 3, the same View showing the plaits opened.

Heretofore- 1t has been common to conl struct shirt-fronts with ,plaits so that the I free edge of one 'plait would end 'about where the next succeeding plait'f" began. Often one plait vwould slightly overlap Aanother. Such a construction does'not suticientl'y cover the connecting web between the plaits from View when-the web' and lower part of the plaits become moistened and m'ussed froml perspiration. To overcome this objection, I construct a shirt-front as follows:

Beginning at the left-hand sidefof a shirt bosom made out of a piece l of'linen, muslin or other like goods, I form anarrow or' half-plait 2 which consists in folding the cloth back upon itself to provide a single fold in the usual manner of making a plait.

From the base of this half-plait extends another plait 3, .which is a full-sized plait composed of one thickness of cloth. folded back upon itself like the preceding. hal plait. The base of this full-sized plait and the base of the vhalf-plait are held together by stitching 4 which passes through tive thicknesses of cloth forming the two bases of the'plaits 2 and 3 where a strong and durable side-edge is'provided for the. :1t-.

tachment ot the shirt-front to the body of@- the' shirtor' other wearingnpparel. ,Thef

-bottom fold 1G `o"il`v the full-sized plait 3 eX tends from the stitchingl on toward the4 'end of one plait over Atnext succeeding plait, in combination with; web having' a' `width equal to not over one-half that ofthe,

right a distance about one-third greater than the length of a full-sized plait, from which point or free end it is folded back upon itself to form the next succeeding plait 5, to a'point located below the middle or approximatel l where it is stitched attiV and is againfolded and extended forward to make another plait 7 of the same size and shape as the fullsized plaitjust described, and soon.

All the free edges or ends of the plaits, eX- cepting at the center of the last plait 9 of the bosom, ma terminate at a point lying over and a litt e past the stitchings 6 at thel bases of the laits. The connecting webs 11 thus provided between the plaits are entirely sheltered from View by theoverlapping of the latter, and though mussed or Wilted by perspiration, will not aect the a pearance of the laits covering them. T e lower halves ci) the plaits may also become-moistened with perspiration without it being observable. It will be seen that the plaits are at least twice the width of the connecting the middle, of the plait 3,

webs l1, which is a very great advantage in securing the good results above mentioned.

The center 8 of the bosom may be connect- 4ed with the main portion by means of a box plait 9 or by any other convenient means. The overlapping construction above described ives to the shirt-bosom a shingled e ect, which greatly aids in providing ventilation between the p its without allowiii `the intervening webs to be seen.

y construction might be used in shirtfront and shirt-waist goods made up inj the piece, and my invention might doubtless be varied in many ways that would naturally suggest themselves to those skilled in the art, and I, therefore, do rnot limit myself to the exact construction herein shownv but consider m self entitled to allvariations that l comewlthin the scope and spirit of my device. Y

' Having thus described my invention, what I claim as'new and desire to secureby Letters-Patent,.is: A r 1 1 l. In a structure for shirt-fronts, shirt waists and the like, a piece-of oodsprovided Wtll aseries of laits wherein the free laps' the centervof the an intervening connecting plait- 21. 'In Va structure for shirt-fronts, shirtllt) waist's and the like, the combination with Vsile and central connections, of a series of overlapping plaits formed of a continuous piece o material foldedl into plaits stitched at their bases, so that the stitching will 'lie approximately beneath the middle of eac overlapping plait.

3. In a. structure for shirt-fronts, shirt Waists and the like, a piece of goods provided with a series of plaits wherein the ree end of one plait overlaps the' center of the l next succeedingplait, in combination with` an intervening connecting web composed of a single thickness of material and having a Wlidth equal to not over one-half that of the 15 ait. p In testimony whereof I atlix my signature inpresence of two Witnesses. v

RUTER SPRINGER. y Witnesses: f

L. HOFFKINS,

. L.' KENT. 

